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(Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The onset of hurricane season this week could prove disastrous for Caribbean nations that were slammed by storms last year and are still struggling to rebuild in the face of funding shortfalls, said regional leaders.<\/p>

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Countries need to focus on preparing for increasingly ferocious storms rather than just reacting to them after they strike, officials said on Wednesday at the Caribbean Development Bank\u2019s board of governors meeting in Grenada.<\/p>\n

Officials called for measures to tackle poverty, and strengthen social safety nets and emergency response systems in order to build resilience to hurricanes such as Irma and Maria, which swept through the region in 2017.<\/p>

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\u201cTo be brutally frank, if there was another disaster, I don\u2019t expect that we\u2019d get a different result, because what they are in now is the reconstruction phase,\u201d said William Warren Smith, Caribbean Development Bank president.<\/p>

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\u201cThe whole idea of building more resilient infrastructure is not a short term process, it\u2019s a medium term undertaking… So a hurricane of the order we got last year would really be a tremendous setback,\u201d he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.<\/p>\n

Islands including Barbuda, Puerto Rico and Dominica were battered by hurricanes that killed more than 200 people and caused damage estimated at $130 billion, according to the insurer Munich Re.<\/p>

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Gaston Browne, prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, said only $20 million has been pledged to help his country rebuild after Hurricane Irma caused $220 million of damage to tourism-dependant Barbuda.<\/p>\n

Recovery remains slow and hamstrung by limited financial resources, he said. Work is focused on repairing public buildings, electricity and water supplies, with little progress on the 95 percent of homes that were destroyed.<\/p>

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\u201cI just hope we will have an uneventful season, especially considering many of the countries in the Caribbean, especially Dominica and Barbuda, remain extremely vulnerable at this time,\u201d Browne said in an interview.<\/p>

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He added that funds pledged by the European Union and United Kingdom have not yet been made available.<\/p>\n

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Countries that have invested in measures to mitigate damage from disasters fared better during last year\u2019s hurricane season.<\/p>\n

Low-lying Turks and Caicos suffered damage worth $500 million after Irma and Maria knocked out schools, hospitals and airports, Premier Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson said in an interview.<\/p>\n

However, stringent requirements for buildings to be constructed to withstand category five hurricanes saved the islands from being \u201cdecimated\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n

The majority of houses were affected, she added, but most suffered only roof damage.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re as ready as you possibly can be for June, with the gaps you imagine still exist following last year\u2019s storm,\u201d Cartwright-Robinson said.<\/p>\n

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Since last year, she said, the electricity system has been improved, schools and shelters prepared, and contingency plans put in place for hospitals and hotels in the country, where tourism is a major source of revenue.<\/p>\n

Keith Mitchell, prime minister of Grenada, which was devastated by Hurricane Ivan in 2004, urged nations to tackle poverty and strengthen social safety nets in order to better prepare populations for the impacts of disasters.<\/p>\n

\u201cStorms and hurricanes do not have to result in catastrophic disasters,\u201d he said in a speech.<\/p>\n

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